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This week's Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino, with guests Nick Espinosa, host, Deep Dive Radio Show, and Dennis Pickett, vp, CISO, Westat. Missed the live show? Check it out on YouTube. The Department of Know is live every Friday at 4:00 p.m. ET. Join us each week by registering for the open discussion at CISOSeries.com. Huge thanks to our sponsor, QuilrAI AI agents don't ask permission. They act -- moving data, triggering workflows, changing systems. QuilrAI is the permission layer they never had. Its Decision Engine evaluates the content, context, and intent of every action - before it completes. Alerts tell you later. QuilrAI decides now. Visit quilr.ai. Stay safe - Quilr it.

AI Agents become fastest growing exposed attack surface Consumer finance company Upbound Group blames data breach for millions in losses Dolphin X Stealer uses AI profiling to prioritize targets Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-ai-agents-risk-upbound-group-breach-dolphin-x-stealer/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, QuilrAI AI agents don't ask permission. They act -- moving data, triggering workflows, changing systems. QuilrAI is the permission layer they never had. Its Decision Engine evaluates the content, context, and intent of every action - before it completes. Alerts tell you later. QuilrAI decides now. Visit quilr.ai.

OpenAI behind Hugging Face hack TrickBot tunnels through DNS Acrobat extension opens WhatsApp Get the show notes here: Huge thanks to our sponsor, QuilrAI AI agents don't ask permission. They act -- moving data, triggering workflows, changing systems. QuilrAI is the permission layer they never had. Its Decision Engine evaluates the content, context, and intent of every action - before it completes. Alerts tell you later. QuilrAI decides now. Visit quilr.ai.

Bit2Watt threatens power stability All AI models cheat at cyber evaluations US weighing Chinese LLM ban Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-bit2watt-instability-ai-models-cheat-chinese-llm-ban/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, QuilrAI AI agents don't ask permission. They act -- moving data, triggering workflows, changing systems. QuilrAI is the permission layer they never had. Its Decision Engine evaluates the content, context, and intent of every action - before it completes. Alerts tell you later. QuilrAI decides now. Visit quilr.ai.

Hugging Face fights AI hacks with AI World Cup streamers get a red card WordPress enters a patching race Get the show notes here: Huge thanks to our sponsor, QuilrAI AI agents don't ask permission. They act -- moving data, triggering workflows, changing systems. QuilrAI is the permission layer they never had. Its Decision Engine evaluates the content, context, and intent of every action - before it completes. Alerts tell you later. QuilrAI decides now. Visit quilr.ai.

Dairy company Fairlife suffers cyberattack Microsoft warns of surge in ACR Stealer attacks on customers Abbott Labs investigates two cyber incidents amid extortion claims Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-fairlife-dairy-cyberattack-acr-stealer-surge-abbott-labs-incidents/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, QuilrAI AI agents don't ask permission. They act -- moving data, triggering workflows, changing systems. QuilrAI is the permission layer they never had. Its Decision Engine evaluates the content, context, and intent of every action - before it completes. Alerts tell you later. QuilrAI decides now. Visit quilr.ai.

"Context Bombing" flips the script on prompt injections Pentagon suspends CMMC Phase II requirements Old tech, new problems Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/the-department-of-know-cmmc-suspended-sharefile-shutdown-context-bombing-strikes-back/ This week's Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino, with guests Tom Hollingsworth, networking technology advisor, Futurum Group, and Mark Eggleston, former CISO, CSC. Missed the live show? Check it out on YouTube. The Department of Know is live every Friday at 4:00 p.m. ET. Join us each week by registering for the open discussion at CISOSeries.com. Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker Every security leader is being asked the same question right now: How do we enable innovation without creating unnecessary risk? That's the challenge behind cloud adoption. Behind AI. Behind automation. And behind every major technology decision. ThreatLocker helps organizations take a Zero Trust approach to that challenge—giving them greater control over what can execute, what can access their environment, and what users and applications are allowed to do. That's why ThreatLocker is proud to support Cyber Security Headlines. Because security works best when innovation and control move together.

ClickLock stealer uses kill loops to force password entry TELEPUZ malware uses ClickFix to steal data and run commands 1Password's new Agentic Mode lets Claude log into accounts Notes: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-clicklocks-kill-loops-telepuz-clickfix-tricks-1passwords-agentic-login/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker Every security leader is being asked the same question right now: How do we enable innovation without creating unnecessary risk? That's the challenge behind cloud adoption. Behind AI. Behind automation. And behind every major technology decision. ThreatLocker helps organizations take a Zero Trust approach to that challenge—giving them greater control over what can execute, what can access their environment, and what users and applications are allowed to do. That's why ThreatLocker is proud to support Cyber Security Headlines. Because security works best when innovation and control move together.

Zoom's account takeover wake-up call Two zero-days, one urgent SonicWall patch 23andMe's breach bill keeps growing Show Notes: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-zooms-wake-up-call-zero-day-sonicwall-patch-23andmes-growing-breach-bill/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker Every security leader is being asked the same question right now: How do we enable innovation without creating unnecessary risk? That's the challenge behind cloud adoption. Behind AI. Behind automation. And behind every major technology decision. ThreatLocker helps organizations take a Zero Trust approach to that challenge—giving them greater control over what can execute, what can access their environment, and what users and applications are allowed to do. That's why ThreatLocker is proud to support Cyber Security Headlines. Because security works best when innovation and control move together.

Pentagon suspends CMMC Phase II requirements US troop location data under attack in Iran "Context Bombing" flips the script on prompt injections Get the show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-cmmc-phase-ii-suspended-tracking-troops-in-iran-defenders-turn-to-context-bombing/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatLocker Every security leader is being asked the same question right now: How do we enable innovation without creating unnecessary risk? That's the challenge behind cloud adoption. Behind AI. Behind automation. And behind every major technology decision. ThreatLocker helps organizations take a Zero Trust approach to that challenge—giving them greater control over what can execute, what can access their environment, and what users and applications are allowed to do. That's why ThreatLocker is proud to support Cyber Security Headlines. Because security works best when innovation and control move together.